We arrived in the Santa Ynez Valley on Friday in the Conestoga. The Santa Ynez Valley is just north of Santa Barbara in the Central California wine country, 230 miles South of the Western Outpost. We arrived early to drive the race … Continue reading →

We are signed up for the Santa Barbara Wine Country Half Marathon next week. If you’ve seen the highly acclaimed movie Sideways with Paul Giamatti, you’ll have a good idea of the towns, back roads and vineyards we will be running … Continue reading →

We learned the hard way that running with the residual effects of the flu and neglecting training certainly has an effect on one’s running performance. The Dallas Rock n Roll Half Marathon was not the bucket of monkeys for which … Continue reading →

I joked about the hill at mile 12 of the Austin Half Marathon in my last post, which was an about face from my cursing of that hill as I ran it. I named it the Crusher, because after conquering the … Continue reading →

The Austin Half Marathon is one brutal course. Sunday, Valentines Day 2016, started at 5:15 a.m. with a quick trip to Starbucks for a caffeine jolt before we walked across the Congress Avenue Bridge for the 7 a.m. start. That morning, … Continue reading →

We’ve enjoyed the opportunities we’ve had to drive the RV to running, hiking and biking events, so here is one that is shaping up as a possibility. We are signed up for a return to Central Texas for the Austin Half Marathon on February 14, 2016. … Continue reading →

If anyone from McClain’s RV is reading this, it’s been a few days since I left VMs with your Corinth Store Service Department, looking for a time I can bring in the unit for winterizing. You still have not … Continue reading →